Also there are questions as to. This list isn t exact because obviously three years have passed since this survey. A survey by camra in 2007 reveals a list of the ten most popular pub names in the uk.
There are only four pubs acceptable to go to in my town and none of them appear in the list of the top 10 most popular pub names in the uk. 1 red lion 443 pubs 2 royal oak 346 pubs 3 crown 269 pubs 4 white hart 240 pubs 5 rose and crown 204 pubs 6 kings head 201 pubs 7 white horse 197 pubs. Our uk pubs database tells us that the top 100 canonical names are.
Have you ever wondered what the uk s most popular pub names are. The uk s most popular pub names. Like nearly all of the pubs on this list ye olde man scythe claims it is haunted.
Wikimedia commons ye olde man scythe has proof that it is one of the oldest pubs in england as it s name is first mentioned in a charter from 1251 the pub is mostly like dates back further but the date of its original construction is unknown. Therefore it is constantly changing as pubs open close and change names. Most common names of open pubs listed on pubs galore this table is based on all of the uk pubs listed on this site that are currently listed as being open.
We work with six pubs that share one of these names and i think the team here have probably sunk a few pints in a pub named after all 50 at one point or another on our travels. The morning advertiser has published a list of the top 50 most popular pub names in the uk as listed below. The name of this mayfair pub was decided in the late 19th century at a time when the job of footman someone who walked ran in front of a horse drawn carriage acting as a guide was dying out.
As monarchs waxed and waned and various kings and queens were either dethroned or beheaded having the generic name the crown or the crown inn lent pub owners the appearance of supporting whoever reigned at the time while also preventing them from having. The story behind the crown s rise to pub name stardom may not be as exciting as the royal oak but it is much more pragmatic. After reopening on.
England pub names. The queen in the pub s name is thought to be mary queen of scots who was imprisoned in sheffield from 1570 to 1584. The tan hill inn in yorkshire is the highest inn in england at 1 732 feet 528 m above sea level. Pub names are used to identify and differentiate pubs many pubs are centuries old from a time when their customers were often illiterate but could recognise pictorial signs pub names have a variety of origins from objects used as simple identification marks to the coats of arms of kings or local aristocrats and landowners.
Pub names are used to identify and differentiate pubs many pubs are centuries old from a time when their customers were often illiterate but could recognise pictorial signs pub names have a variety of origins from objects used as simple identification marks to the coats of arms of kings or local aristocrats and landowners. The tan hill inn in yorkshire is the highest inn in england at 1 732 feet 528 m above sea level. The queen in the pub s name is thought to be mary queen of scots who was imprisoned in sheffield from 1570 to 1584.